Suspiciously
[sə'spɪʃəsli]
Examples
- He was looking suspiciously at her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- While obeying my directions, he glanced at me now and then suspiciously from under his frost-white eyelashes. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Checking himself with another piece of earth in his hand, Eugene looked at his friend inquiringly and a little suspiciously. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She was disgustingly, was suspiciously reserved. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He looked suspiciously about him, for the men were conversing in groups, and he feared to be the subject of their talk. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Pablo asked suspiciously. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He looked about him suspiciously when he got out into the street. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He looked suspiciously at us now out of yellow-shot, bilious eyes, and, without speaking or rising, he waved towards two chairs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- She was suspiciously brief and reserved in telling me the result of her interview with her sister. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You want something, she answered sharply and suspiciously. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Pleasant was somewhat disquieted by his look, and returned it suspiciously. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She looked up quickly and suspiciously. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Here, then, to begin with, is something which looks suspiciously like an indirect reference to the Moonstone. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The suspiciously hurried manner in which she parted from Laura had no doubt prompted his useless attempt to follow her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Good-night,' he said, after having sunk into a moody silence, with his hands clasped behind him, and his eyes suspiciously wandering about Wegg. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And the learned gentleman, with a firm and steady frown, placed his hands on his hips, and smiled suspiciously to the jury. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Editor: Melinda